Stri ping-instrument



'(Model.)

J. VWM-1.l

STRIPING NsTRUMENT.

Paent'eildl May 25 'PATENTOF-ICE STRIP'INiGI'ns-TRU NENT;

XAppli'ttmn 'elementary zinsen.- s'eruu ivo. iesQao-l. modem To all whomit may .'ooy'wern: Berit known that I, JAMES WADE,.a`citizen .f theUnited States of America, residing at Dana,l in the county ofVermillionand State 5 v(pf-Indiana, have invented certain -new and'-nseful-Improvementsin Painters Devices'for Striping Painted Surfaces,of which the followin'gis a specification, reference' being hadthereinto the accolnpanyingdrawings.' "'-My .invention relates topainters striping devicesfand it consists of a wheel m o'unted on asuitable bearing in a frame to revolve betvjeen friction-plates, -which`are held lby a yielding pressure closely tothe' faces of the- 15 wheel,the frame being provided with .a hol# ..-l'ow. s`tem', constructed toreceive and hold.` firmly a hollow handle, adapted to receive i.. and:convey .the paint. tarnishemarketing .-'pas'sageto the periphery of therevolving' 2O wheel provided with an annularbearingclaimed. l

Inthe aceompanyingjdrawings', Figure Il is striper in use inv thepaite'rs hand. =.`Fig. 2 is a reverse sidevie'w ofthe frame, showing thecompressorgplateand the setlscrews. 3,*is a bottom view of the tool,yFig .4 is aion'.- gitudinal section .on linen: a; of Figs'. 2 and 3.Fig. 5` is aside view of the franje 'without the compressorplate,showing vthe elastic packing in place'.- Eig.- 6- isa side view withoutthe. compressor-.plate and-elastic packing, show-V 'ing the'adjustablefriction-plate1 in position' -upon the wheel. Fig. 7 is a'perspectiveview showing the position o'f the, wheel in the frame. Fig.8 is a side view showing the grooved face of the fixed friction-plate.Fig. 9'is a planof the grooved face of the adj ustablefrictionplatedetached. Fig. 10 l A designates the frame, c onstructedof brass' or anyother suitable materiah1 '-j'This frameis l provided with a hollow stem,B',cons tructed 45 any required length to fit within thelowe'r end ofva'hollo'whandle,'(1, made of -vulcajnl tongue,gall as hereinafter fullydescribed and@ I f' 'within .the cavityofthe-frame.

apersp'eetive view showing the position of the'- is a side' elevati-onof f the tool-.provided witha curvedrlian'dle.

inches, and its upper end is .provided with 'a solid top, C', 'the lowerportion of which is made to 'fitclosely in the up`per end ofthe 55handle, andis provided 'with a. slot, b, -to adl nit airinto thecavityof the. handle during the use of -the tool, to regulate andfacilitate the flow lofgthe paint-tothe wheel. This slot graduallyincreasesin size from its topv to its tity of air to Ibe admitted intothe handle -as' may be. required to be varied bythe d-iiferent sizes ofwheels used, .the quantities and conditions ofgthelpaint inthe chambersof 65 the stern and handle, it being-evident that thefarther the top'isswithdrawn out ofthe-4 handle the more airwill be admitted and the-greater'thellow o f painttothe wheel, and vice ...versa-A- 7o D'Adesignate, re`s1` e' :ti vely tired and adjustable` frictionplates,which are "made of chilled steel and arel constructed-teilt closely Theinner faces of these-friction-plates are trued to form' true bearingsupon the faces of thestriping-y wheel, and these faces", of thefriction-plates are provided wthgrooves .b, opposite to each other andof the same size, for the purpose of .taking up the paint. from theWheel, as here-' 80 inafter explained. r .E -designates thestriping-wheehhiade of chilled steel with smootlptrued faces.v Thevwheelis provided witha central hole theirs-wv -quiredsizeto `lit neatlyand re'volve freely on 85.4

rits bearng-pin c, made o f steel or other suitable material. The end cof the pin is threaded to i't ingda threadedholein the. sideplateof theyframe,` and the 'end c'l of the pin is provided with a threaded socketto receivethe threaded' 9o Lend offene of the. set-screws` d. f g

' The-adjustable frictionplate D" is' provided with a hole to receivethe end`c"o the pin c.

Aru-bber packing, f,of the required thickness, i j

.is placed upon'the oute'rface ofthe plate D', and 95 is secured inplacehy 'a' plate,'d, of brass 'or oth er vsuitable material, riveted''r screwed to the fplate D' over .the rubber packing. The ,edges ofthis rubber packin'gare extendedyas shown' so as-.toform `closeipackingbetween-the edges .of the plates'and the wallsjof the frame.'

' F'- designates 'an elastic packing, .ofcoik or otherstable material,placed. between the 60 l bottom, for the purpose of regulating thequanin thedrawings, beyond the dgesof. the plates," zoolcbmpressor-plalteG and the adjustable-fric tionplate,for the purpose ofproducingyield' ing pressureof the friction'plates upon the faces of thewheel.y The compressor-platel is .provided with holes-to receivethe-set's'crews,one of which has'itsbearing'inthe socket ende2 of thepin c,as above descrilied,.and the other set-screws havetheirvbearingsin thethreadcd holes h in the frame. These set-screws are for thepurposeofadjusting and holding in place the Ycomplessor-plate, so as tocausethe faces of the friction-plates to press closely'against the facesof the wheel,4 to prevent .the paint frompassing between the wheel andthe plates. The set-screws and their threaded holes 'are made therequisite lengths to allow the plate D to be adjusted to the wheels, of'all the diff 'erentfthicknessesused with the frame. The cetralfportion'of theperiphe'ry of the wheel is 'rov'ided with an annulartongue, a', vthe bearing-surface o ffwhich ismilled or corv'ivugate'd toprevent the wheel from'slippingl l over the surface. being striped'.This 'annularA Atongue'is made the requisite size only to fornia bearingfor the wheel, leaving sufficient pe v f to r'eceive and deposit on thelsurface most of the paint. In using the tool the peripheral surfaces on;vo" each side of the tongue, coated with the paint conveyed vto, thewheel from ihestem audj handle, arefheld by the tongue from pressureupon the' surface being striped, preventing 'thus the-spreading of thepaint and enabling theltol to produce stripes, theI thicknessofthe-wheel i'nuse,l having true smooth regular edgesf4 number ofjwlieelsof the same diameter and construction,but of different thick nesses 4Say f inc to correspond with the diil'e'reut widths of stripesjobepainted, are constructed to a ccompany each-lapel.4

` To insert orv remove awhe'el, the set-screws,

-4 5\ compressor-plate, and adjustable friction In use the tool is moved"v toward; not from, l' 5 5 the painter, and it maybeusedfwitha'straight or smooth vedged-.guide or without a 'guide, similartothemannerof nsing afpainterspen The set screws should beadjusted-'soas to cause suicientpressure betwe'll. @he Sidof' the wheel and-innerfaces of the'frictionplates ff 'to prevent the' paint' frompassing-'betweenthe wheeland plates.'v 'lli'ispressure ef the platesagainst the wheeltends toretard the free rotary movement -of the wheel-and :requires- "pai ter suifleientto` rotate the wheel. This 'surfacesfar enough; to vallow the'periph'eral ripheral surfaces on leach sideofthe tongue v the principle of lmy irnvfention.

yby Letters Patent, isvfromone-sixty-fourth tefoiiefhalf of an in theposition-shown in'Fig. 1 o

pressure ofy the tool upon soft s'uiaces.- will* press thebearing-tongue of the wheel into'the o. surfaces by the sides ofthetongue to approach near enough to the surfaces which are being" stripedto press/portions of the paint beyond and cause some of vit to adhere tothe sides ofi the WheeLah'd without the grooves in the plates thepaint'would accumulate and spread over the sides of that portion of thewheel Iwhich vextends beyond vtheframe, which would ref quire thepainter tostop his work frequentlyfor the purpose-of cleaning the paintIofi' the wheel/jf' 'ln 'my i-mprovedtool the paint adhering to the:sides of the'wheel is carried,upward through the mouths of thegroovesand re-` moved from the wheeland deposited iuthe interiorportions of the grooves.' 'The grooves being .extended to the back edgesof the plates and constructed so that when the tool is in position foruse y'they incline backward and downward, the `paint taken off thevwheel andlgg deposited yin the grooves ilowsto andv isagain depositedupon the periphery ofthewhjeel. This tool' is adapted for u se' uponcurved surfaces 'as' well as flat surface'snl In usingfthetooluponverticalsu-rfaces, a straight handle -w'onld be placed teonearly in a horizontal position toallow the paint to flow freely to thewheel,' and' therefore forsuch use the, tool may be-provided withacurved, handle, as shown. in- Fig.y l0 of the drawings,l it beingevident that -the\ handle may be made straight or curved, as'shown, orlof any other required curvature Without departingfrom @What I claimasile v, and .desire to secure :o5

1. A painters striping-wheel, E,' provided" with a centralannulartongue, a', and having peripheralv paintcarrying surfaces onfeach- "side o'fthetongue,in combination with a frameadapted to carry'the' wheel, and 'means for 'supplyingthe periphery' of4 therevolvingwheel with.paint,' substantially as Vand for thep'urposesdescribe'd.

2.1 The combination ofthe frame A, provided with the hnowstem B, the'cavity n',

between friction-plates in the .cavity ofA the wheel with paint,substantiallyas and furthe 3. The combnation of the frame'A, provided.with the' hollow stem' B, cavity B', and connecting-passage a, thegrooved friction-plates -D D", the wheel E, mounted on the pinlc, to

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revolve between the friction-p-la't'esinthe-cavityof the frame, thesetscrews-d, compressorplate G, the elastic'packing F', 'ai1 d-means forsupplying the revolving 'wheelwithpaint,

. ISO -substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

4; The combination of the frame A, having the hollow stem B,. cavity B',andc onn'ectiu'gfP passage' a, the wheel E,'mounted on as'uitable' IOO.

'Irov andthe connecting-passage a, and the'` wheel E, mounted- 'upon asuitable bearing to revolve bearing to revolve between friction-'platesin `In testimony whereof I affix lmy signature in the cavity of theframe, the hollow handle C, presence of two witnesses. constructedto fitclosely over the upper p0ry tion of the stern, and the solid top C',having' Y JAMES WADE.

5 its lower portion constructed to t closely in the upper end of thehandle, and provided Witnesses:-

with a tapered s1ot,b, substantially as and for ISAAC BOGAR'P, t-hepurposes described. JULIUs C. GRovEs.

